corps

See also: Corps

English

Etymology

From French corps d'armée (literally “army body”), from Latin corpus (“body”). See also English corpse, English corpus and English riff.

Pronunciation

Singular

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kô, IPA^(key): /kɔː/
• (General American) enPR: kôr, IPA^(key): /kɔɹ/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: kōr, IPA^(key): /ko(ː)ɹ/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /koə/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
• Homophones: core, cor; caw (non-rhotic accents with the horse-hoarse merger)

Plural

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kôz, IPA^(key): /kɔːz/
• (General American) enPR: kôrz, IPA^(key): /kɔɹz/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: kōrz, IPA^(key): /ko(ː)ɹz/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /koəz/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)z
• Homophone: cores; cause, caws (non-rhotic accents with the horse-hoarse merger)

Noun

corps (plural corps)

1. (military) A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.
2. An organized group of people united by a common purpose.
   • diplomatic corps
   • White House press corps

Translations

battlefield formation

• Armenian: կորպուս (hy) (korpus)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 軍團, 军团 (gwan¹ tyun⁴)

  Mandarin: 軍團 (zh), 军团 (zh) (jūntuán)

• Estonian: korpus
• Finnish: armeijakunta (fi)
• French: corps (fr) m
• German: Korps (de) n
• Hungarian: hadtest (hu)
• Ido: korpo (io)

• Irish: cór m
• Japanese: 軍団 (ja) (ぐんだん, gundan)
• Khmer: កងអង្គភាពទ័ព (kong ang pheap toap)
• Korean: 군단 (ko) (gundan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: korps n

  Nynorsk: korps n

• Russian: ко́рпус (ru) m (kórpus)
• Welsh: corfflu m

group of people

• Estonian: korpus
• Finnish: -kunta (fi)
• Greek: σώμα (el) n (sóma)
• Hungarian: testület (hu)
• Ido: korpo (io)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: korps n

  Nynorsk: korps n

• Russian: ко́рпус (ru) m (kórpus)
• Swedish: -kår (sv) n
• Welsh: corfflu m

Anagrams

• S corp., crops, procs, sproc

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French corps.

Pronunciation

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Noun

corps n (plural corpsen or corpora, diminutive corpsje n)

1. Alternative spelling of korps
2. student society, especially a traditional and hierarchical one

Synonyms

• studentencorps
• natie (historical)

Derived terms

• corpsbal
• studentencorps

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French

Picture dictionary

1= tête 2= visage 3= cou 4= épaule 5= poitrine, sein 6= nombril 7= ventre 8= aine 9= pénis 10-12= jambe 10= cuisse 11= genou 12= mollet 13= cheville 14= pied 15-18= bras 16= coude 17= avant-bras 18= poignet 19= main

Etymology

From Middle French cors, from Old French cors, inherited from Latin corpus (“body”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrep-. The p was added back to reflect the Latin etymology. Doublet of corpus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁ/

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Noun

corps m (plural corps)

1. body
2. (mathematics) field (in abstract algebra)
3. (military) corps

Derived terms

• corporation
• corporel
• corser
• corset
• incorporer

Further reading

• “corps” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• porcs